Well-bucket.



F. SWALLOW.

WELL BUCKET.

APPLICATION man MAR. 25, 1915.

Patented May 16, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 01. WASHINGTON. D. C.

@1U/ATE@ FATE @FFllto FREDERIC SWALLOW, OF CLAREMORE,`OKLAHO1VIA.

WELL-BUCKET.

1,183,327. Specification of Letters Patent Patented May 16, 199145.

Application led March 25, 1915. Serial No. 17,029.

To all 'whom t may concer/n: about one inch from the lower edge thereof, Be it known that I, FREDERIC SWALLOW, is formed an internal ridge 12, against a citizen of the United States, residing at which is positioned the metal valve plate 13 Claremore, in the county of Rogers and which is secured in place preferably with 60 State of Oklahoma, have invented certain solder as indicated at 14,-. r1`his plate 13 is new and useful Improvements in Wellprovided with a central opening 15, the edge Buckets, of which the following is a speciof the plate around the opening being bent lication. upwardly to form an annular valve seat 16,

This invention relates to that class of well said edge being preferably drawn to a line 65 w buckets adapted for use in drilled wells and edge for a purpose hereinafter set forth. which are usually of a great length com- The lower edge of the bucket is turned upon pared with their diameter. Heretofore, the itself to form a reinforced edge and the valves in this class of buckets have usually walls of the bucket below the valve plate are been provided with a projection extending provided with a plurality of openings 17. 70 15 from their bottom side which is adapted to As thus constructed the valve plate 13 is contact with a fixed body, or be pushed upwardly bv the hand of the operator to empty the contents of the bucket. This type far enough above the bottom edge of the bucket to protect it from being struck by surrounding objects when the bucket is lifted of valve operating means is objectionable, out of the well, and the bucket can be placed 75 because the shocks and jars given the valves upOIl a suitable rest and its Contents can soon destroy them and consequently new be emptied therefrom through the openvalves have to be inserted. ings 17.

A particular object of this invention is to The valve comprises a leather disk 18 provide a valve having a lifting means atwhich is secured, in any suitable manner, 80 tached to its upper side and which extends to a cylindrical body portion 19, said body to the top of the bucket and operable thereportion being formed of light weight, pref from. erably wood, and is provided with a vertical Another particular object is to provide a opening 20 therethrough, which when the valve having a water cup on its upper side, disk 18 is secured in place, forms a cup on g5 so that, when the bucket is emptied of its the upper side of the valve. The leather contents, sufiicient water remains in the cup disk is of larger diameter than the body to keep the leather packing of the valve portion forming an annular ledge Q1 around moist. the body portion, thus exposing a portion of A further object is to provide a valve the upper surface directly with the water 90 plate having a raised valve seat formed carried in the bucket. This annular ledge thereon, the same being adapted to form a also receives the weight of the water in the positive cut-off together with the leather bucket, which will slightly flex the ledge packing of the valve. downwardly with a tendency of contacting These and other objects hereinafter set with `the valve plate, thus compressing the 9,5 40 forth, are attained by the means illustrated leather disk in intimate relation with the in the accompanying drawing, in which sharpened seat 16 and forming an effective Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view seal. A metallic ring 22 is preferably used through a well bucket showing my improved around the body portion to protect the same valve therein. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective and prevent its splitting from expansion ico view of the valve shown in section in Fig. 1. and contraction.

Fig. 3 is a like View of the valve plate re- Secured to the top of the body portion of moved from the bucket, and Fig. 4 is a detail the valve is a lifting rod 23, the same exview of the guide and stop plate. tending to the top of the bucket, and is In all of the figures of the drawing, like preferably formed of twisted wire as shown, 105 reference numerals designate like parts.` said wire being formed with a loop 24 at its Referring to the drawing, 10 designates upper end, by which it is grasped to lift the the bucket having a bail 11 at its upper end valve, and another loop 25 located slightly by which it is lowered and raised in the below the top loop and adapted to engage a well through the medium of the usual chain, stop plate 26 which extends from the side 110 l5 5 rope or other suspending means. of the bucket and overhangs the center, Near the bottom of the bucket, preferably Said stop plate being provided with an aperture 27 through which `the rod 23 is` free to move, thus forming a guide for the upper end of the rod when the valve is lifted and also serving to prevent the valve from tilting sidewise. A narrow slot 28 is formed in one edge of the plate 26 and serves as an entrance to the aperture 27, so that the rod can be inserted and removed from engagement with the plate.

To guide and retain the valve in a oentral position in the bucket, a plurality of vertical guide strips 29, preferably four as shown, are secured at their lower ends to the valve plate 18, and extend upwardly a distance above the top of the valve and having their free ends bent outwardly to serve as entering guides when the valve is inserted in the bucket. These guide strips are spaced from the sides of the bucket thus positioning the valve centrallv of the bucket with the periphery of the leather disk spaced from the walls of the bucket forming a passage therearound for the water.

In operation, the bucket is lowered into the well with the valve closed as shown in Fig. l, and upon striking the body of Water is forced upwardly from its seat allowing the water to enter and fill the bucket, then when the bucket is drawn upwardly, the weight of the water therein closes the valve and the leather disk engages the valve seat in the manner before described. The bucket is then lifted from the well and the water is drained therefrom by grasping the ring 24 and lifting the valve from its seat. This operation will drain the bucket but the cup in the valve will retain sufficient to keep the leather disk moist, even should the bucket be lifted out of the well and exposed to dry atmosphere.

From-the above description, it will be seen that strong, simple and cheap construction is provided.

I-Iaving thus fully described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A well bucket having a valve plate therein which is provided with a central opening, a valve having a water cup in its upper side and a leather disk forming the bottom of said cup, said disk adapted to close said central opening in the valve plate, and means secured to said valve for operating it from the top of the bucket.

2. A. well bucket having an internal ridge above its lower end, a valve plate secured against said ridge, said plate having a central opening whose surrounding edges are upturned to form a raised valve seat, a valve having a water cup in its upper side and a leather disk on its bottom side adapted to engage said valve seat, and means secured to said valve for operating it at the top of the bucket and prevent its tilting therein.

3. In a well bucket, a valve plate secured therein above its lower end, said plate having a central opening whose surrounding edges are upturned to form a raised valve seat, a valve having a body portion with a central opening therethrough and a leather disk on the bottom side of said body por tion closing said opening and forming a water cup, said leather dish being of greater diameter than said body por tion to form an annular' ledge therearound, and means secured to said valve for operating it at the top of the bucket.

4. In a well bucket, a valve plate secured therein, said plate having a central opening whose surrounding edges are upturned to form a raised valve seat, a valve having a water cup in its upper side, a leather disk secured thereto forming one side of said cup and whose edge projects beyond the body of said valve, guide strips projecting upwardly from said valve plate and adapted to engage the projecting edge of the leather disk to center the valve, and means secured to said valve for operating it at the top of the bucket. A

5. A well bucket having a valve plate therein which is provided with a central opening, a valve having a water cup in its upper side and a leather disk forming the bottom of said cup, said disk adapted to close said central opening in the valve plate, upstanding means secured to said valve plate for centering said valve, and means secured to said valve .for operating it from the top of the bucket.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix :ny hand this 22nd day of March, 1,915.

FREDERIC. SYVALLOl/V.

Witnesses:

L. S. RoBsoN, JOHN T. EZZARD.

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